Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications from research partnerships formed by academic and industrial investigators to accelerate the development and adoption of promising bioengineering tools and technologies that can address important biomedical problems. The objectives are to establish these tools and technologies as robust, well-characterized solutions that fulfill an unmet need and are capable of enhancing our understanding of life science processes or the practice of medicine. Awards will focus on supporting multidisciplinary teams that apply an integrative, quantitative bioengineering approach to developing technologies. The goal of the program is to support technological innovations that deliver new capabilities which can realize meaningful solutions within 5 10 years.

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Eligible beneficiaries

• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Special district governments
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Independent school districts
• Private institutions of higher education
• City or township governments
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Small businesses
• County governments
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• State governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education